δεσμώτης
desmōtēs · prisoner
Greek word · Strong’s number G1202 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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desmōtēs (δεσμώτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “prisoner”.
One in chains or in prison.
How to say it
des·mō·tēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A man held in chains under guard.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Acts 27:1
And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan Cohort.
- Acts 27:42
And the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that no one would swim off and escape.